Ep 154 - Commanding the universe and other unhinged hacks that work
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[00:00:00] If, uh, you grew up in the '80s, as I did, you might remember there was a cartoon called Masters of the Universe, and s- the main characters in there, there was He-Man, who had this really cool, like, blonde bob, and he had a twin sister called She-Ra, and they would literally hold their swords in the air and say, "I have the power."
And of course, there was a baddie in there called Skeletor and all this kind of stuff. But I wanna talk to you today about, um, a thing that I do that's, like, a little bit unhinged, but it's very based in fact, as in neuroscience and how our brain actually works and how we do create 'cause we're creative beings.
But I make it a little bit fun, and I talk about commanding the universe, and I talk to all of my [00:01:00] clients about this, and it's something that I do when I really feel like if something's felt a little bit hard for me, and then I'm like, I'm determined to get through whatever it is and to push s- whatever limitation's out the way.
I do some work on myself, and then I literally say, "I'm commanding the universe." And this is what I'm gonna tell you about because I can assure you it works, and I use it all the time, and it's hugely powerful. Now- She-Ra and He-Man from Masters of the Universe. Um, you might not have been around in the '80s, but they have had a bit of a resurgence.
They've, they've been back. Like, She-Ra and He-Man have come back from the '80s, and they're, um, they're around now. So you've probably heard of them even if you didn't grow up in the '80s. But this is what I wanna talk about, is what I mean when I say I'm commanding the universe, and I think it's something that you're gonna wanna use [00:02:00] as well because it's super powerful.
Now, when I say that I'm commanding the universe, essentially what that means is that I decide on an outcome that I want, right? I decide that I, I have an outcome that I want, and I stop treating it like some kind of vague pref- preference of things that maybe I'd like or hopefully or one day or anything like that, and I put my full energy and attention and actions behind that outcome, and I become u- unavailable for constantly thinking or entertaining anything but that outcome.
And it's not like I'm trying to control every kind of variable or anything like that, I'm just choosing the direction that I move in. And the outcome will just stay super clear. Like, I'm not attached [00:03:00] to it, I'm just super focused that this is the outcome, and I'm commanding the universe. And what that really means is that I am harnessing all of the energy that I have available to me and all of my attention and focus and behavior in one direction, like a laser beam, right?
Like a laser beam. And I'm commanding the universe as in, like, that's all that I'm gonna focus on. And because I choose that, I'm gonna create that outcome. Like, things are gonna happen that way because I choose it, and I 100% believe, and w- this is true for everyone. You can read every personal development, neuroscience, quantum physics, everything.
You are the projection point of your whole reality, and everything is responding to you, right? Everyone's the projection point for their own reality, and, and people are responding to them. And so- From that point, [00:04:00] I go, "Okay, if I'm the projection point, I'm going to command the reality of what's gonna happen."
Right? And so when you harness all of your energy, and focus, and intention, and make a decision like that, things happen. Things turn out how you want them, and it's not luck, it's not woo-woo magic anything. It's literally you're using your creative power in the way that you are designed to, and that you are part of the universe, right?
You are the universe. It's like a- as b- as above, so below. As within, so without. Like, there is, like, the macro and the micro rule part of the universe, so you are the universe. So you're just harnessing that energy to command the universe because that's what you're here for. And the problem that why most people don't do this very well or very consciously is because people waste an incredible amount of energy [00:05:00] thinking about things that they don't want, don't like, are f- afraid of, that feel bad, you know, all kinds of thoughts about, what if it doesn't work?
What if nobody buys? What if nobody comes? What if people disagree with me? What if I get embarrassed or humiliated? What if I feel bad? What if I lose money? What if? What if? What if? Right? It's just all of that mental chatter and thought processes on all of that stuff is a complete waste of energy. And, uh, it would be really great if you could get, like, a visual representation of every what...
How much energy every negative thought or every irrelevant thought that doesn't align with your outcome, how much of your energy it spends, and how much creative energy it spends. And so it's not just that you're spending creative energy, but it's like you are putting creative energy into things that you don't want, [00:06:00] which means y- half of you is creating what you do want, but the other half's creating the stuff that you don't want.
Right? It's crazy. It's absolutely crazy, and then people go, "I don't know why things don't work out for me." And it's like, well, because all you think about, and talk about, and worry about is things that you don't want, and then you're surprised when they happen. Right? You're commanding the universe in a re- very, very strange way.
Uh, and so we've really gotta think about your most precious resource is energy, and we've gotta think about this from a basis of even, you know, people say, "What, what do people most need?" And it's like, oh, well, food and water, um, and air, and all those kinds of things. But you can go without food for weeks.
You can go without water for days. You can go out- without air for maybe a minute or so, but if you have no energy, that's it. You're done. You have to have energy. So energy is your most precious [00:07:00] resource, and in fact, air and food and water and all that, all they do is help you create energy in your body, and you die when you run out of energy, right?
When you die, it's because there's no more energy left in your body. So energy is one of your most precious resources, and this is why it's really important to look after your physical body and to eat foods that give you energy, not foods that take away your energy or, like, alcohol or drugs or whatever that deplete your energy.
It's depleting your ability to create as well. So we wanna do things like sleep well, eat well, hydrate. Um, all of those things in our physical body helps us generate energy. And also our emotional health, our mental and our emotional health is, um, is either, um, depositing or withdrawing from our energy banks as well.
And it's not just physical energy. Like I said, it's creative energy as well. So we wanna have- The optimal amount of energy and harness that and use it [00:08:00] for the things that we actually want, right? This is the key to all of this. And so when I think about... When I'm saying I'm commanding the universe, what that actually means is that I'm being completely congruent in my thoughts and my feelings and my actions and my focus and my attention and my behaviors.
Everything is congruent and aligned with the thing that I actually say that I want. So I don't, I don't entertain any thoughts about what if, what if, what if. I just get completely aligned, and you can feel it. It's a state you can feel. When you're completely aligned, and you're feel like you're commanding the universe, you can just feel your whole energy and focus and attention is aligned with that thing, right?
And so I want you to think about this. You would have experienced it. There would have been times in your life where you've experienced it, like times when you felt like you just can't lose, like you've just, you just know things are gonna work out for you. Like you're on a roll, you're [00:09:00] in the zone, you're in a state of flow, that you just, like energy is just full steam ahead, and you're just, like confident, and yep, yep, I'm going for it and doing it.
This is all the energy of commanding the universe. And so, um, so, so congruence means everything is aligned with that. And the problem is a lot of people, when they're not creating what they want, they're not fully aligned, and they're not even really w- aware of not being aligned. So there could be all these kind of stories going in the back of your head, and I'll give you, um, an example.
So, uh, you probably know that a couple of weeks ago, I had a book launch for The Turning Point, and, um, and it was amazing. It was such a great night. We had a amazing time. I absolutely loved it. We had over 40 people in the room. There's huge amounts of great feedback. Everyone was raving about it, saying it was so good.
I've got so much great feedback about the book. Um, if you haven't read The Turning Point book, um, go to the show notes and order yourself a copy because [00:10:00] honestly, like I was talking to a client even just yesterday who said, "You know, when I was reading that book, I read it start to finish. It felt like it was massaging my mind."
And I'm like, "Wow, that's amazing." So, um, definitely get onto that. But- Back to the book launch, it was an amazing night, but I can tell you, I decided to, uh, on the date of that book launch, before I went on holidays to Vietnam... So literally a couple of days before I went to Vietnam, I launched the date and the event for that book launch.
I then went to Vietnam for a couple of weeks. I got back from, um... It was, so I only had, like, a month running time. I got from, back from Vietnam, and I literally had two weeks to sort it all out. And, um, I can assure you that there were times at that t- when I first got back that I was like, "Oh my God." And then, you know, one of my panelists canceled at the last, like, a week out, and I was like, "Oh my God, now I'm gonna get, find another panelist."
And, and, [00:11:00] um, and then, like, there was hardly... It wasn't a lot of bookings. I'm like, "Oh my God, am I gonna get at least 20 people in the room? What if it doesn't happen?" And then I just went, "You know what?" I'm gonna command the universe. I am gonna command the universe. I'm not gonna entertain anything other than this is gonna be an incredible night.
I'm gonna do the things, I'm gonna make it, I'm gonna order the balloons, I'm gonna have the lights, got the food, I've got the drinks, I've got my panelists. Um, it's gonna be an incredible night, and people are gonna love to come because they're going to get a lot of value out of that. And that there's gonna be a room full of amazing people, 'cause I've got an amazing network.
There's... People always comment on how great my community is, and that I attract good people, and that I know that there's people in that community that should be meeting each other. There'll be people that, um, you know, r- really be happy to ki- reconnect, that haven't seen each other for a while. And like, I was...
I got so congruent and aligned in my mind that this was gonna [00:12:00] be an amazing, an event, and that everybody that comes is gonna love it, right? And it's gonna be fabulous, and that I'm gonna be happy with the whole night. And that is exactly what happened. And so within, like, the last week, I think a week out, I maybe had 20, 25 people.
Um, the last two to three days before that night is where the other half of the room came. That made it over 40. It was like 40, 43, 44 people, something like that. Uh, but I did not waver. I did not waver at all. I did not... I had zero attachment to it not being a, a good night, right? I wasn't, I wasn't worried about how it all had to happen.
I was just, "I'm commanding the universe. It's gonna be an amazing night. It's gonna be everything that I want it to be, and everyone's gonna have an amazing time." And that is exactly what happened. Now, I didn't have proof that that's what was gonna happen, because, like I said, literally half the room hadn't even [00:13:00] booked in till about two or three days before, but I just kept, I just kept with that energy.
It's gonna be an amazing night. It's... People are gonna love it. I'm gonna have a great time. It's gonna be fabulous. And that's what it was. So congruence means that you have to get every part of that aligned, right? You have to get every part of that story aligned, and be delusional in your commitment to that story of everything going how you want.
Now- What happens with people sometimes is they might start out like that, and then something happens, like for example, someone c- canceled on my panel, and then, you know, people can start going, "Oh, well, that means that nobody cares, and nobody really loves me, and no one wants to come, and it's not really that great," and you could tell a whole bunch of stories, and boom, it's like you've just, like, opened the floodgates and dumped a bunch of your creative energy [00:14:00] out on the floor.
Bye-bye creative energy. You would just be leaking it like nothing else. So we have to really think about when you're, when you're commanding the universe, you make a decision, and a decision means you cut off any other option. You don't entertain anything else because you've made a decision, and a decision is like an incision, right?
It's a cut. You've decided, you've cut off any other option of what you're gonna think about or what you're gonna change your mind for or what you're gonna worry about because you're like, "No, this is what I'm gonna do." And so part of this as well is that you have to really own your own power and authority.
Now, a lot of heart-led people that I work with don't like the sound of pow- power and authority or being powerful or thinking about themselves as powerful because they've usually got some negative representation of what [00:15:00] power and authority means and, uh, and it feels like it's control over other people or it's selfish or it's, like, in somehow something that's not heart-centered.
But- Let me really help you think about this in a different way, because being in your own p- power and authority, what that means is that you harness all of the energy that's available to you, and you use that for creating what you want. It's never b- about power over other people. Even... So for the book launch, for example, um, I...
Like commanding the universe, I'm, I'm, um, using all my power. I'm not gonna power over any particular person about being there. Like, I'm not invested in if any specific person has to show up or not. I'm like, "There will be a room full of people that really love it." And there was, right? So it's not power over other people.
You're not trying to [00:16:00] coerce anyone to do anything against their will or anything like that. Owning your own power means that you own all of the power you can harness, and that you put it fully into creating what it is that you want. And being your own authority means that you're the person who decides it's okay.
You're not looking for external permission. You're not waiting for somebody to give you the stamp of approval. You're not waiting for someone to say, "That would be a great idea. That's what you should do." You have your own authority in that you go, "Well, I'm commanding the universe. I set the rules. I'm a moral, ethical, good person," and that, um, "I decide this is what's happening."
And I get to do that because I am part of the universe. I am a part of the universe. I'm not going against something. I'm commanding the universe because the universe and I are one. We are interacting with each other because we are connected with each other. And [00:17:00] so that's the thing. Um, and until you own your own power and authority, you will be worrying about what you're allowed to do, what people judge you about, um, you know, what you can say, how you can show up, how you look, all of those things.
If you're worrying about what people think, anything like that is because you're outsourcing your own authority. You have to bring it in. It's part of your personal evolution, um, and part of your maturing in your personal evolution is to become your own power and authority and not be looking for external validation and permission.
And so this is what amps up your own creative energy as well, because to command the universe, you have to be the authority in that. You have to be the authority and the power that s- decides what's happening. And I spoke earlier, and I've mentioned this a couple of times, about the non-attachment part, and this is [00:18:00] really important because even when you're commanding the universe, you still have to have non-attachment to the outcome.
Now, this is really important and, and really important to understand what this actually means because the opposite of, of non-attachment, of course, is attachment. And when we think about attachment, it's when you are attached to something because you need it to happen, right? Like, I need it to happen this way, or else I'm going to feel like a failure, or else I'm gonna be humiliated, or for else, right?
There's, like, some kind of need. It's, it's, uh, that's, like, feeding unmet needs that you have in, within yourself And that is not a good use of energy. And what it's actually doing, when you need a, a specific outcome, the shadow side of that, that you might not be aware of, is that you've got too much attachment [00:19:00] to things not happening how you want.
Okay? Because when you need a particular thing, that means, "I need that because I'm afraid that something else that I don't want might happen instead." And as soon as there is some kind of attachment to something that you don't want, you are leaking energy, my friend. You are putting creative energy into something that you don't want.
So, needing something is actually, the shadow side of that, is actually too much attachment to, uh, something other than what you want happening. So, non-attachment means, "This is what I'm creating, and I have no attachment to that, anything other than that." Right? I have non-attachment, so I don't need it to happen.
I'm commanding the universe. That's what I expect to happen. But I've got no attachment to it, anything that could happen outside of that. Right? No attachment. I'm not stuck between this or this or anything else. [00:20:00] I'm just like, "This is what I'm creating." Really important. So, that's non-attachment.
Non-attachment to need, non-attachment to the, what you don't want, m- and non-attachment as well to the specific details of things. So, like I said, I, my commanding the universe was that there was gonna be a room full of people that come to my book launch, are gonna have a great time. Right? I was not specific about who those individual people had to be.
Right? There was no, "Oh, if this person's not there, then I'm gonna get upset," or anything else. I had non-attachment to it. And when you have non-attachment like that, people are drawn in. Right? People are drawn in, they're magnetized to you because they don't feel like they're having to do anything to make you feel okay.
They feel like they've got their free choice, and that you know, like, so in that non-attachment, I'm like, "Yeah, it's gonna be a great night." I'm so convinced it's gonna be a great night. I've got no attachment to [00:21:00] any specific person being there or not. I know it's gonna be amazing, and if I don't have any need on them being there, and I know it's gonna be a great night, then they feel like they're missing out on something if they're not there.
Right? And they're ma- and they're magnetically drawn in. Right? It's really important. Non-attachment is so important. We always have to have this non-attachment, non-attachment to anything other than the outcome you want And so this can... Look, people can start thinking, "Oh, this is all a bit woo-woo stuff," and, like, I, I love it when people say, like, people either go, "Yes, it's woo-woo, I love it," or, "Oh, that sounds a bit woo-woo," and wanna discredit it.
But the fact is, as people, we are a bit woo-woo. There are things and senses and energy and whatever that we have available to us that isn't visible to the human eye, right? You can't necessarily hear it. You can't necessarily, um, see it. You can't necessarily physically touch it [00:22:00] and feel it or taste it or smell it, but it still exists, right?
We are always in creation mode. And so, you know, people might just go, "Oh, well, that's just lucky or it's coincidence." Well, no, we are in creation mode. We are part of the universe, and quantum physics explains all of this, um, even down to, like, the observer effect, right? Like, s- things will be altered as, uh, according to who's observing them.
So your observations matter. How you're observing something matters. That was like the s- double-slit experiment where they, um, uh, measured is light a particle or a wave, and didn't matter whichever way they tried to measure it, it would show up as either a particle or a wave, and they couldn't pin it down, and it depended on what they were observing.
So whatever it is that you're creating, you're the observer, and so your expectations of what you're observing affect the outcome. [00:23:00] Really, really important. Um, and, um, and how you decide, how you follow through, you know, everyone uses this, um, human form of creation in their everyday lives. Um, some people harness it better than others.
Some people do it more naturally than others. But I like to call it commanding the universe. And when I do, I think of myself holding a sword in the air like She-Ra saying, "I have the power." So that's commanding the universe. Now, there's some other unhinged type hacks that do really work as well. Um, and you know, another big one that I do that works extremely well is I take myself...
I imagine myself in the reality of 15 minutes beyond the successful completion of an event. Um, because now how this works is because our minds are very affected by what we [00:24:00] think is in the future, what we think is in the past, what we think is in the present. But it can't tell what really is and l- apart from where we're focusing our attention.
So if you imagine outcomes already ex- already happening h- as you wanted them, and you imagine yourself in the future thinking about it in the past, then you trick your mind into, like, being completely aligned and congruent with that outcome has actually happened. It's like creating a future memory, right?
We all have memories in the past. You know what a memory is like in the past. It's just like pictures and sounds and thoughts and feelings that you have installed in your mind about an event that you believe happened. You can create them in the future, right? You can go out into the future and imagine a, a time and have pictures and things that you can hear and see and smell and feel about it and look back at it as if it has happened in the past, right?
It will absolutely [00:25:00] work in changing how you create things happening in the future Um, you can also, um, act as if you're a person who is, uh, who you expect to be able to solve any kind of challenge, right? So if you decide you're a person who can solve challenges, you will solve challenges. You'll solve more challenges.
It's like there was even studies done around that says people who think they are lucky, um, attract more luck, right? And that's literally because if you decide you're a lucky person, you're, um, more open, your filters and how you perceive the world, 'cause there's way more going on in the world than you're ever aware of, and you filter it through what you believe to be true about yourself and the world.
If you believe you're lucky, you'll find more lucky opportunities, right? Um, if you, um, if you believe you're someone who, uh, solves challenges really well, you'll solve challenges really well, right? [00:26:00] The moment you say things to yourself like, "I don't know how to," your mind goes, "Oh, okay, you don't know how to.
I won't give you that information." Right? Your words are so powerful. Your words are creating your reality. Most people think their words are describing their reality, but they're not at all. They're creating your reality. You're creative. Um, and you know, other things that I do is, like, I make decisions before I'm fully certain.
I trust my intuition, and intuition, by the way, is just the connection between your, uh, gut, um, your heart, head, and gut and, and your conscious mind and your unconscious mind and just how quickly you can-- those things can communicate with each other. Because your unconscious mind will give you signs, will pick up on things a lot faster than your conscious mind will.
Um, and if you allow your conscious mind to trust that, then you will, um, make decisions a lot faster. And there's a difference between intuition and fear, right? Always recognize fear. Intuition is not fear. Intuition [00:27:00] is just information. Fear feels like fear, and it is not intuition, right? They're two different things.
Amount of times I've heard someone say, "Oh, I was gonna launch my program, but then I got a gut feeling it wasn't the right thing to do." No, that was fear, right ? That was fear. Intuition will come through as information, right? It won't stop you from doing things. It might get you to change direction a bit or, you know, whatever, but fear is a completely different thing.
And, uh, and the other things that I do is just, like, I just allow completely out of the box things be allowed for me, right? Like, if I want something, um, and I think that it seems, like, a bit far-fetched or a bit too much, I just start entertaining, what if it was allowed? What if I decided I was allowed to have that?
And I like to stretch myself in how far I, I can allow myself to have that. 'Cause so much of our lives are limited by [00:28:00] what we think we're allowed to have. Um, I bought my dream car, uh, nearly two years ago now. Um, you know, a beautiful two liter turbo car. It's got matte paints, you know, it's, uh, moon roof, all the things.
It's like a beast. I absolutely love it. Um, and I got that rather than a nice, you know, kind of sensible kind of whatever car, 'cause I decided I was allowed to And I convinced myself I was allowed to, and sure enough, I, I got it. I got my dream car. I absolutely loved it. Um, the last two years I've been o- overseas about six times, right?
Um, I decided I was allowed to, because before I probably had a rule that was like, "Oh, if you go once a year, you're lucky." I'm like, "I don't want that to be my rule." I decide I'm allowed to go overseas as many times as I can make it work. Last two years, that's been six times, right? Um, so really think about these different things.
These are all just little mindset hacks. I've got loads of them. Like, the amount of things that I do in [00:29:00] my mind that doesn't sound like regular ways of thinking, but gets great results, um, is exactly why I love this work. So remember, commanding the universe is really about clarity, congruence, focus, uh, your own personal authority, self-trust, um, giving yourself permission, directis- like harnessing and directing energy, treating your energy like gold, and using it in a really effective way, and really staying open about how outcomes arrive, right?
So I really want you to be able to feel like you're the person who is commanding your own reality. You are creating your own reality, and decide to command your own reality, and, you know, the things that will happen will blow your mind. Uh, so yeah, I'd love to hear your thoughts about this. Um, have you...
Are you feeling your inner She-Ra or He-Man getting [00:30:00] powered up from this episode? Um, let me know if it, uh, what you've taken out of this. Um, obviously you can connect with me through email, the socials. Check out the show notes for all the details. Make sure you've got yourself a copy of The Turning Point.
And, uh, uh, I've had a couple more spots I've just opened up for next week for the three-day business accelerator as well, and this is where we fully power up. So if you feel like you wanna spend three days, uh, with me, three 30-minute calls, they are free. There's only a limited amount of spots that I ever open up.
Um, we look at the five key revenue drivers in your business and, um, really see where the bottlenecks are and create a clear path moving forward. And you too, my friend, can be commanding the universe in your business. So until next time, keep on powering up and, uh, command that universe.
